The Times front page just *happened* to pair Trump story with a cockatoo photo

Subtle.
 By 
Shannon Connellan
 on 

Sometimes subtlety is more powerful than grunt.

The Times newspaper in London ran a seemingly provocative front page on Tuesday, featuring two stories side-by-side that have raised a few eyebrows for their positioning.

On the left, a story about Trump launching into a characteristically dramatic tweetstorm, binning relations with Britain’s ambassador to the U.S., Sir Kim Darroch, after leaked diplomatic cables had described the president and his White House administration as "inept."

On the right, a story about Snowball, a cockatoo who dances to the Backstreet Boys with “remarkably diverse spontaneous movements."

See for yourself:

One could say both stories involved “remarkably diverse spontaneous movements," and a lot of characteristic squawking. One could also say both stories involved a dramatic hair situation.

But it's just a front page, right? No connection between stories, just plain old formatting, right? Yeah, Twitter says no.

Whether they winged it or not, it's a front page to remember.

A photo portrait of a journalist with blonde hair and a band t-shirt.
Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.

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